On March 18^{th the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that a commuter train crash that killed two maintenance workers last year was caused by human error. The train wreck occurred in Woburn, Massachusetts on January 9, 2007. The safety board said that the wreck was caused when the train dispatcher failed to provide proper signaling. In addition, the work crew did not use the safety shunts that would have warned the train that a work crew was in the vicinity.}

The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board stated that the train wreck was caused by the failure of several railroad employees to follow required safety procedures. The board criticized the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad for not ensuring that the safety procedures were being followed.

Immediately after the train wreck occurred, the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad began working with the National Transportation Safety Board to strengthen safety procedures to prevent any future accidents.

The train wreck occurred after the dispatcher mistakenly allowed a train to proceed on a section of track that was being worked on. Earlier trains had been directed to parallel tracks.

Drug tests determined that drugs or alcohol did not play a factor in the train wreck.

Train wreck attorneys are currently working on cases in which serious injury or death has resulted from the negligence of another.

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